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tcmpreville t1_je1j44d wrote

Every time one of these CEO's opens their mouths on almost any topic, all they do is demonstrate how utterly out of touch they are with at least 90% of the population. So much so, I think they're intentional rallying cries for other corporate pukes to unify against the people they exploit. They're trying to control the narrative and generate talking points for their various bought-and-paid-for media outlets to repeat ad nauseum.

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BachthovenIB t1_je1z3u4 wrote

CEO’s are in reality salesmen for the business. There are actors playing a role and are often idiots.

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arbutus1440 t1_je2fgot wrote

>CEO’s are in reality salesmen for the business.

IDK why this doesn't get said more often. If a CEO actually gives a fuck about employees, then shareholders want them removed. If a CEO keeps shareholders happy, then either 1) the employees hate them, or 2) the CEO is slick enough in their salesmanship that they've hoodwinked enough employees into buying into their bullshit. In my industry, I can't tell you how often I've heard someone in a leadership position crow about how we employees really love "serving our clients' needs." NO WE DON'T, WE JUST HAVE BILLS TO PAY, YOU FUCKING TOOL. Nobody has ever loved "serving our clients' needs" since the dawn of time. Be a human for chrissakes.

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tacknosaddle t1_je2bk7m wrote

Reminds me of when Romney was running for president and said something about his wife being a "stay at home mom" at some point.

Sorry, but if you are in an income bracket where you don't just have paid help to make things a bit easier, but have "household staff" then you are not what the term is at all about.

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breals t1_je4zagw wrote

A CEO of a publicly traded company is basically there to raise money and kept getting large amounts of stock bought and held in the market. That is why so many no-founder CEO who rise thru the ranks to becomes CEO often are from marketing or sales backgrounds.

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tcmpreville t1_je52lg0 wrote

And CEOs are usually heavy on the dark triad personality traits. So we end up with psychopathic salesmen running the corporations that run the world. What could go wrong? /s

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